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Suburb profile ·Yorke Peninsula LGA · SA ·5573

Point Pearce SA 5573

Point Pearce is in Yorke Peninsula LGA, SA, postcode 5573, with population 147.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$106/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
12,242
12K via Yorke Peninsula LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
915
42 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$106
Investor profile

Who invests in Point Pearce

Owner-occupied 0%Rented 100%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.1%
61 of 162 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,291/yr
Landlords (rental income)162
Reported capital gains134
The read

Renter-heavy market

0% of homes here are owner-occupied and 94% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

What to check

94% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 90% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$23K
Median rent · wk
$106

Household income

$23K household · yr-70.1% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$15K
Family
$35K
Household
$23K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (49 households)89.8% social housing
Owned outright
0%
Owned with mortgage
0%
Rented
94%
Dwelling structure
Separate house
86%
Townhouse / semi
12%
Flat / apartment
8%
Crime 2024-25
14
9,524 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k9,524
Total incidents14· 2024-25
  • Assault788%
  • Break And Enter113%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

7,656 people · 20227,539 by 2032 (-1.5%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Yorke Peninsula - North SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Point Pearce SA — Property Data and Demographics

Point Pearce is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Yorke Peninsula local government area (postcode 5573). It is home to about 147 residents, with a young professional demographic and a median age of 26. Households earn a median income of $23K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Australian, English.

The median weekly rent is $106 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the Yorke Peninsula LGA is higher than average at 9,524 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$106
Population growth · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)12,242
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Yorke Peninsula LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)78
Houses78
YoY change+0%
Employment · Yorke Peninsula LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.8%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5573ATO
Negatively geared5.1%
61 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,291/yr
Landlords (rental income)162
Reported capital gains134
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population147
Median age26
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$433
Personal income · wk$285
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$374 → $433
Change+15.8%
vs SA median-3 pp
Median rent+17.8%
stablevs SA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Yorke Peninsula LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Central Yorke Peninsula Hospital (Maitland)public
Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Yorketown)public
Aged care · Yorke Peninsula LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places146
Eldercare The Village60 places
Melaleuca Court Nursing Home35 places
Ardrossan Community Hostel33 places
Eldercare - South Park Minlaton18 places
Childcare · Yorke Peninsula LGAACECQA
Services8
Approved places311
Exceeding NQS3
Minlaton Family Centre82 places
Central Yorke Early Learning Centre41 places
Minlaton District Early Learning Centre40 places
Maitland Family Centre39 places
Yorketown Community Children's Centre34 places
Yorketown Area School OSHC30 places
+2 more in Yorke Peninsula LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Point Pearce leans on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
SA metropolitan median house sales · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Point Pearce is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Point Pearce feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

The Pines most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$14/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Arthurton most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$64/wk

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Corny Point most similar
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pop same · rent +$44/wk

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Point Pearce FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Point Pearce in?

    Point Pearce is in the Yorke Peninsula Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5573. Council-level context for Yorke Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Point Pearce?

    The median weekly rent in Point Pearce is $106/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Point Pearce a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Point Pearce show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Point Pearce?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Point Pearce data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.